Today marks the 75th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The military strike took place at 7:48 a.m. on a Sunday, leaving 2,403 Americans dead and more than 1,000 wounded. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan.

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The attack took place on a Sunday because the Japanese military believed Americans would be caught off-guard. Many US military members were eating breakfast when the assault took place.

Japan’s attack last nearly two hours – from 7:55 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. The airstrike came in two waves, approximately 45 minutes apart. The first wave consisted of 183 planes. Six failed to launch.

The targets of the attack – the U.S. aircraft carriers – weren’t even at the base on Dec. 7.

A planned second attack on the base was cancelled.

Seven of eight battleships were sitting in “Battleship Row.” All eight were sunk or heavily damaged, but six were restored to working condition.

The Japanese targeted airfields at Wheeler Field, Ewa Field, Bellows Field, Schoefield Barracks, and Kaneohe Naval Air Station. They also sent in five midget subs. Four of the subs were sunk by the U.S. army and the fifth was captured.

Eleven US ships and 188 planes were destroyed.

The Japanese military lost 55 men. One soldier was captured. 111 planes were damaged.

President Roosevelt changed his Pearl Harbor speech from “a day that will live on in world history” to “a day that will live in infamy.”

Some conspiracy theorists believe that Roosevelt taunted the Japanese – leading to the Pearl Harbor attack – so that the U.S. could enter World War II.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The military strike took place at 7:48 a.m. on a Sunday, leaving 2,403 Americans dead and more than 1,000 wounded. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan.